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English for everyone

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English for everyone

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English for everyone

"A comprehensive visual guide to English grammar with clear, simple explanations that are ideal for learners of all levels, "--Page 4 of cover

The present simple -- The present simple negative -- Present simple questions -- The present continuous -- Present tenses overview -- Imperatives -- The past simple -- The past simple negative -- Past simple questions -- The past continuous -- The present perfect simple -- The present perfect continuous -- The past perfect simple -- The past perfect continuous -- "Used to" and "would" -- Past tenses overview -- The future with "going to" -- The future with "will" -- The present for future events -- The future continuous -- The future perfect -- The future in the past -- Future overview -- The passive -- The passive in the past -- The passive in the future -- The passive with modals -- Other passive constructions -- Conditional sentences -- Other conditional sentences -- Conditional sentences overview -- Future possibilities -- Wishes and regrets -- Forming questions -- Question words -- Open questions -- Object and subject questions -- Indirect questions -- Question tags -- Short questions -- Short answers -- Questions overview -- reported speech -- Tenses in reported speech -- Reporting verbs -- Reported speech with negatives -- Reported questions -- Reported speech overview -- Types of verbs -- Action and state verbs -- Infinitives and participles -- Verb patterns -- Verb patterns with objects -- Verb patterns with prepositions -- Phrasal verbs -- Modal verbs -- Ability -- Permission, requests, and offers -- Suggestions and advice -- Obligations -- Making deductions -- Possibility -- Articles -- Articles overview -- "This/that/these/those" -- "No/none" -- "Each/every" -- "Either/neither/both" -- Singular and plural nouns -- Countable and uncountable nouns -- Subject-verb agreement -- Abstract and concrete nouns -- Compound nouns -- Numbers -- Quantity -- Approximate quantity -- Personal pronouns -- Reflexive pronouns -- Indefinite pronouns -- Possession -- Defining relative clauses -- Non-defining relative clauses -- Other relative structures -- Question words with "-ever" -- "There" -- Introductory "it" -- Shifting focus -- Inversion -- Ellipsis -- Shortening infinitives -- Substitution -- Adjectives -- Gradable and non-gradable adjectives -- Comparative adjectives -- Two comparatives together -- "As...as" comparisons -- Superlative adjectives -- Adverbs of manner -- Comparative and superlative adverbs -- Adverbs of degree -- Adverbs of time -- Adverbs of frequency -- "So" and "such" -- "Enough" and "too" -- Prepositions -- Prepositions of place -- Prepositions of time -- Other prepositions -- Dependent prepositions -- Coordinating conjunctions -- Subordinating conjunctions -- More linking words -- Linking words overview -- Prefixes -- Suffixes -- Easily confused phrases -- Sequencing and organizing -- Correcting and changing the subject -- Deciding and hedging -- Making conversation

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English grammar guide